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- Manifest Functions
- intended functions (planning things out) ex) sending kids to school
- Latent Functions
- unintended functions ex)meeting other kids, learning to socialize
- Dysfunctions
- something that interrupts society, getting bullied, learning bad language
- Values
- beauty, goodness, rightness
- Norms
- rules or expectations in society (NOT LAWS)
- Sanctions
- ways that we show our approval or disaproval. (frowning, smiling, middle finger)
- Subcultures
- segments of our society that are set apart from mainstream
- counter cultures
- thought to be harmful to society (Hippies)
- Ethnocentrism
- judging anothers culture based on what you know
- Cultural Relativism
- when we look at a culture and judge it by its own standards
- Cooley\'s Looking-glass Self
- our perception of ourselves based on other peoples reactions
- Anticipatory Socialization
- you anticipate being accepted by a certain group in society
- Voluntary ReSocialization
- voluntarily join a group to change your problematic ways
- Involuntary ReSocialization
- put in a total institution setting (prison, mental, institute, bootcamp)
- Deviance
- things that society doesnt accept (not norms)
- Tertiary Deviance
- \"whats the big deal?\", try to justify deviance
- Stigma
- a label given to one who constantly commits deviant acts
- Why do we punish criminals?
- retribution, general detterene(fear), incapacitation(repeating off.), rehab
- Absolute Poverty
- dont have enough water and food, no shelter
- relative poverty
- inability to maintain an average standard of living
- Symbolic Interactionist Perspectives
- peace signs, thumbs up, alphabet
- Homelessness in the U.S.
- 500,000 homeless around the U.S. (mistreated, addicts, mental illness)
- Chantel Slavery
- like what U.S. used to have(blacks)
- Debt Bondage (slavery)
- tied to one person b/c you owe someone a debt
- Neo-coloniolism
- newer form of colonization(has to do with big businesses and corporations)
- Ethnicity
- cultural characteristics (food, religion, music)
- Prejudice
- talking about how you feel/think)
- Stereotype
- Exaggerated descriptions about a group
- assimilation
- groups coming to america and trying to be like the dominant group
- Graying of America
- aging of the US(life expectancy longer, less birth)
- Life expectancy
- women-80 men-75 (longer because of new technology)
- Elder Abuse
- caretakers=females, physical abuse, financial explortation
- Support Services, Homemaker Services, and Day Care
- meals on wheels, adult day care, organizations help elders with their day to day care
- Disengagement Theory
- keeping society moving, 65 and older should retire, so younger generations can take their jobs
- Activity Theory
- middle age people substituting their previous activities and roles for new activities
- Death and Dying
- denial, anger, negotiation, depression, acceptance
- Hospice
- organizations that make places home-based or home-like for the terminally ill
- sandwhich generation
- taking care of your children and parents
- Families of Affinity
- people who believe to be attatched to other people w/o being blood related
- Polygamy
- marrying more than one person and having a lot of children
- Endogamy
- marrying inside your culture
- Exogamy
- marrying outside your culture
- Functions the family serves
- socialize/teach, support/social standing
- Adoption
- 18,000 from other countries, infants and babies, people dont want older kids
- Teenage pregnancy
- U.S. has highest rate
- family violence
- one of the most unsafe places for women
- children in foster care
- not enough foster care is available. kids neglected
- divorce
- decling from what it used to be, people live with eachother without getting married
- why has divorce become common
- socially acceptable, women dont need to depend on men anymore, no ones fault, easy to do
- increase in chances of divorce
- young marriage, no strong religous connection, addictions, already divorced, poverty
- alcohol
- liver disease, binge drinking(DUI)
- Tobacco
- #1 reason for death, most addictive drug
- Illegal drugs
- most common=weed, meth becoming more common
- living will
- a document stating what a person wants to do if their life is at stake.